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Agri Energy Limited
Agri Energy Limited (ASX:AAE), formerly Australian Ethanol Limited, is an ASX listed company
specialising in the development of
facilities for the production of alternative fuels for the motor
vehicle industry. Countries such as Brazil, the USA and Sweden have
found blending fuel with ethanol is a key strategy to lowering the ‘at
the bowser’ cost of fuel, enhancing energy security and improving
fuel’s environmental performance. The Australian regulatory environment
has supported alternative fuels through the provision of capital
grants, fuel excise rebates and sales targets. Similar frameworks
exists in both the USA and Europe.
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Biodiesel Producers
Biodiesel Producers Limited (“BPL”)
is an unlisted public company established to manufacture biodiesel fuel
from tallow and waste cooking oil. BPL is in the process of
constructing a 60ML biodiesel production facility near Wodonga,
Victoria. This is the first of three plants proposed by BPL. Biodiesel
offers significant environmental and health benefits when compared to
fossil fuel based diesel. It is derived from a renewable, naturally
occurring resource which in the case of BPL is also a waste stream. It
results in fewer CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions as well as
lower emissions of other harmful gasses. Biodiesel which meets the
domestic standard is subject to a favourable regulatory environment in
Australia with the establishment of the Clean Fuels Act to encourage
the use of both biodiesel and ethanol.
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BioPower Systems Pty Ltd
BioPower Systems Pty Ltd ("BPS") is a renewable energy systems company based in Sydney. BPS will use investment capital to design, build and install full-scale prototypes of the company's bioWAVE wave power and bioSTREAM tidal power systems for generating renewable energy. The project will build prototypes at two sites in Tasmania to test the wave and tidal energy technologies.
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DoloMatrix
DoloMatrix International Limited (ASX:DMX) is a technology-based business, specialising in treatment of hazardous wastes and waste materials that present complex problems. Dolomatrix's system offers an an environmentally sound and economically viable solution for the treatment of site remediation soils, dredging sediments and industrial process residues.
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The Environmental Group Limited
The
Environmental Group Limited (ASX:EGL) is an ASX listed diversified
Australian environmental solutions company operating in air and odour
pollution control, water and waste water treatment, low pressure sewer
systems and other environmental products and services. EGL provides
services to a wide range of industrial, mining and municipal entities.
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HydroChile Pty Limited
Chile has a shortage of available fossil fuel sources and a growing energy demand driven by its recent economic growth. HydroChile is an Australia company using the know-how and expertise of some of Australia's leading hydroelectricity experts to develop small scale run-of-river hydro projects in Chile.
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PRO-PAC Packaging
Pro-Pac Packaging Limited (ASX:PPG) is
an ASX listed leading manufacturer of biodegradable protective void
fill packaging and a distributor of general industrial packaging
products and warehouse safety consumables. Pro-Pac is headquartered in
Sydney and has branches in Brisbane and Melbourne. Pro-Pac’s key
void fill products are made from Australian grown wheat and starch,
naturally renewable resources and are 100% biodegradable, reducing
landfill. Pro-Pac offers to its customers a recycling service whereby
general industrial packaging material once utilised can be returned and
recycled.
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Soilwise
Soilwise Pty Limited (“Soilwise”) has
established an aerobic composting facility at Leeton, in the
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of New South Wales. Its business model is
to take waste biomass from local agricultural producers and other green
waste sources that would otherwise go into landfill and produce a
humus-rich compost to be sold back to the agricultural producers. The
aerobic composting process uses microbial energy contained in the
biomass and avoids the production of methane (a greenhouse gas) which
results from the biomass decomposing in landfills. Compost is used by
growers as an alternative to chemical fertilizers and provides other
significant environmental benefits.
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Viridis Clean Energy Group
Viridis Clean Energy Group (ASX:VIR) specialises in the generation, storage, transportation and supply of energy with a focus on electricity generation. Viridis uses water or inherently low emission sources, including wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal, solar, waste fuel, coal seam methane and natural gas to produce renewable energy.
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Wind Corporation Australia
Wind Corporation Australia
Limited (“WCA”) is an energy development company with a portfolio of
both existing and planned wind energy projects and a small number of
investments in clean energy oriented companies within Australia such as
Babcock & Brown Wind Partners (ASX: BBW). WCA was established
in 2000 by founding investor CVC REEF Limited to develop and commission
the Hampton Wind Park. Hampton is a 1.32 MW wind farm located near
Lithgow in NSW which supplies renewable electricity to the main
electricity grid and is wholly owned by WCA.
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Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund
Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (ASX:HDF) aims to build a portfolio of utility infrastructure assets that provide an appropriate balance of regular cash yield and prospects for long-term capital growth. HDF focuses on hydro and wind power generation, gas transmission and distribution of assets, water and other essential utilities and electricity generation.
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Jackgreen Limited
Jackgreen (ASX:JGL) focus is on offering simple and cost effective ways for the average Australian household to make a difference to the environment. They are the only licensed electricity retailer in Australia dedicated to reducing carbon emissions through renewable energy. Every product they sell is accredited by GreenPower, and every Jackgreen customer makes a contribution by reducing carbon emissions and combating the impact of climate change.
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Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited
CFCL (ASX:CFU) is a world leader in developing solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology to provide reliable, energy efficient, high quality, and low-emission electricity from widely available natural gas and renewable fuels. CFCL is developing SOFC products for small-scale on-site micro combined heat and power (m-CHP) and distributed generation units that co-generate electricity and heat for domestic use.
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